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  • Pangasinan, the people, language, province or region of Pangasinan in the Philippines , located on the west coast of the island of Luzon off Lingayen Gulf .

  • Pangasinan Language , a language of the Malayo-Polynesian Languages branch of the Austronesian Languages family; it is the primary language of the province of Pangasinan in the Philippines and the dominant language of central Pangasinan.

  • Pangasinan Province , a province of the Philippines , located on the west coast of the island of Luzon off Lingayen Gulf .

  • Pangasinan People , the Indigenous Peoples or residents of Pangasinan, or the Indigenous speakers of the Pangasinan language.

  • Pangasinan coastal region, the coastal area of Pangasinan in the Philippines off Lingayen Gulf and South China Sea historically known for its Salt -making industry.

  • Pangasinan region, a cultural and geo-political region in the Philippines located on the west coast of the island of Luzon off Lingayen Gulf with a distinct Pangasinan language, culture, and heritage.

  • Pangasinan nation, the people of Pangasinan or the Pangasinan ethno-linguistic group.

  • ''Pangasinense'', a hispanicized term for Pangasinan.

  • ''Kaboloan'' or ''Caboloan'', an old name of the region of Pangasinan; the etymology means "place of ''bolo''"; it is derived from the Pangasinan word ''bolo'', a variety of Bamboo .

  • ''Pangalatok'', a slang term of doubtful etymology mistakenly used by non-Pangasinans in the Philippines to refer to the Pangasinan language and people.


Etymology

  • ''Pangasinan'' means "place of salt" or "place of salt-making"; it is derived from ''asin'', the Pangasinan word for "salt."

  • ''pangasinan'' means "salt or salted-product container" or "salted-products"; it is derived from ''asin'', the Pangasinan word for "salt."